Everything this idiot says tends to be the opposite. And frankly, I can see it.
The Europe I see (as a Canadian, with immigrant parents from Portugal) is the same Europe I’ve always seen; It has it’s share of problems, sure. But for the most part, they’re older, with a lot more history to draw from, and as a result are just more level headed than the idiot teenagers revving their engine and trying to pick bar fights that is America.
Europe as a continent has been through enough shit that they’ve kind of, as a culture, learned to say “woah…okay…let’s take a step back and look at this a bit before deciding to be an asshole.” Canada kind of inherited some of that by virtue of sticking in the commonwealth longer and having a peaceful transition to independence instead of kicking our feet and threatening to move out at 16 like some bratty teenage countries did.
(Apropos of nothing, I also think that this is sort of the problem with a lot of Eastern Bloc countries. With the fall of the Soviet Union, a lot of them (Russia Included) were kicked out on their own all of a sudden and are essentially entering the teenage years of their independence)
Does that mean Europe is perfect? No…of course not. Far from it.
But they’re a hell of a lot more put together and strong than the U.S. is at the moment.
I have to politely disagree with your opinion of Europe being more mature and level-headed. They seem that way now, but they’ve repeatedly fucked over one another throughout history. They aren’t magically immune to internal/external bullshit just because it’s been around longer.
Everything this idiot says tends to be the opposite. And frankly, I can see it.
The Europe I see (as a Canadian, with immigrant parents from Portugal) is the same Europe I’ve always seen; It has it’s share of problems, sure. But for the most part, they’re older, with a lot more history to draw from, and as a result are just more level headed than the idiot teenagers revving their engine and trying to pick bar fights that is America.
Europe as a continent has been through enough shit that they’ve kind of, as a culture, learned to say “woah…okay…let’s take a step back and look at this a bit before deciding to be an asshole.” Canada kind of inherited some of that by virtue of sticking in the commonwealth longer and having a peaceful transition to independence instead of kicking our feet and threatening to move out at 16 like some bratty teenage countries did.
(Apropos of nothing, I also think that this is sort of the problem with a lot of Eastern Bloc countries. With the fall of the Soviet Union, a lot of them (Russia Included) were kicked out on their own all of a sudden and are essentially entering the teenage years of their independence)
Does that mean Europe is perfect? No…of course not. Far from it.
But they’re a hell of a lot more put together and strong than the U.S. is at the moment.
Trump is projecting, as usual.
I have to politely disagree with your opinion of Europe being more mature and level-headed. They seem that way now, but they’ve repeatedly fucked over one another throughout history. They aren’t magically immune to internal/external bullshit just because it’s been around longer.